Comarca Las Liebres

Style

Merlot-steeped homestay

Setting

Colonia's winelands

A stay at Comarca Las Liebres is a bit like being invited to your incredibly tasteful friend’s holiday home in Uruguay’s wine country, with free-flowing samples of said wine straight from the vines, paired with organic garden-grown dishes. With just four sumptuous suites, spread across the main 1920s building and a garden outhouse, it’s an incredibly intimate affair – perfect for group gatherings if you’re looking for an exclusive getaway, or to simply be left to your own devices, soaking up the verdant grounds in blissful seclusion – with just a few darting hares (from which the hotel takes its name) for company.

Facilities

Rooms

Four suites.

Checkout

11am, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 3pm.

More Details

Rates include an à la carte breakfast, made from scratch each morning using ingredients from the hotel’s organic vegetable garden.

Also

There’s an entrance ramp at the main house, plus ground-level suites (with a specially-designed bathroom for guests with mobility issues).

Free Internet Access

Laundry

On-Site Restaurant

At the Hotel

Vineyard, vegetable garden, tea room, library, private dining room, lounge, charged laundry service, plug adaptors, and free WiFi. In rooms: TV, Bang & Olufsen speakers, air-conditioning, gourmet minibar, coffee machine, organic tea-making kit, and the hotel’s own bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

Each suite in this four-key property is individually decorated, and almost equally impressive in size and styling. The two suites in the main house feel slightly more elevated, not just because they’re on the upper floor – but their sumptuous furnishings, wood-burning fireplaces, and shared terrace with sweeping views of the grounds (and towards Buenos Aires on a clear day) make Skyla and Juanita feel like the master sleeping quarters. Augustine and Sebastian are housed in the standalone Casa del Aljibe within the grounds, and make for a more secluded, rustic stay – think vaulted ceilings, wooden beams, and freestanding tubs. And if you're with a close-knit group, Casa de la Vendimia has two bedrooms and plenty of living space.

Packing Tips

Try to get your hands on some merino wool while you’re here, Uruguay is said to produce the world’s softest yarn. We’d also recommend saving some room in your suitcase to raid the hotel’s pantry of homemade produce, including wine, oils, and seasonal jams.

Also

Experienced European palates might recognise the hotel’s wine blend of merlot and gamaret, a hybrid grape often found in Switzerland’s Vaud region. If not, you’ve got something up your sleeve to impress the sommelier with.

Children

Welcome, and there’s a kids’ menu in the restaurant if you’re dining as a family.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

By the crackling fire in the winter, and beneath the trees on hot summer evenings.

Dress Code

Whatever you’d wear to a winery, with a hint of gaucho chic (please tell us you packed at least one poncho).

Hotel Restaurant

With Uruguayan household name and celebrated chef Hugo Soca at the helm, Las Liebres restaurant draws discerning foodies and wine lovers to its bucolic setting from around the country (and beyond). Inspired by his grandmother’s cooking, Soca champions traditional homemade dishes – all lovingly prepared using ingredients grown in the hotel’s organic vegetable garden, with wines produced straight from the surrounding vines. The menu changes with the seasons, yet always features daily specials like vegetable soups, local cheese boards with Soca’s own chutney, made-from-scratch pastas filled with just-picked vegetables, and locally-caught fish plated up with garden greens. Save room for something sweet, the restaurant’s signature dulce de leche dish is not to be missed – a creamy concoction of roasted banana ice-cream topped with almond garrapiñadas (a sugary Uruguayan street food made from caramelised nuts). You can also take afternoon tea (available Friday to Sunday) in the garden-facing lounge, tucking into freshly baked cakes, pastries, and sandwiches, slathered in the hotel’s own jams and cream. Planning a dinner party? Ask about the Don Miguel room, an exclusive dining space for private hire overlooking the gardens.

Hotel Bar

Order a bottle of Las Liebres Cabernet Franc (a fresh, aromatic wine produced onsite) to crack open in the English Living Room, a low-lit lounge for pre- and post-dinner drinks, settled on lived-in leather sofas cosily hemmed in by antique cabinetry.

Last Orders

Breakfast is served from 8am to 10.30am. Lunch is from noon to 3pm, afternoon tea is from 4pm to 7pm and dinner from 8pm to 11pm.

Room Service

There’s no in-room dining here.

Planes

Colonia International is the closest airport, just 20 minutes by car from the hotel. You’ll be able to connect to larger hubs like Montevideo (two hours’ drive from the hotel) and Buenos Aires from here. Comarca Las Liebres can help with transfers, starting from US$35 (for four passengers from Colonia, one-way) and US$300 (for four passengers from Montevideo, one-way).

Automobiles

We’d recommend hiring a driver to visit Colonia’s many wineries (especially given Uruguay’s zero-tolerance law). If you do decide to get behind the wheel and explore the surrounding farmland, there’s free parking at the hotel to come back to.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

There’s much to keep you within the idyllic grounds of Comarca Las Liebres, seeing as you don’t need to stray far for vineyard tours and wine tasting with one of the hotel’s knowledgeable sommeliers. Rolling farmland aside, the Unesco-listed town of Colonia del Sacramento is just a 10-minute drive from the hotel, if you’re looking to combine countryside relaxation with some culture-filled action. As one of the oldest towns in Uruguay, its cobblestone streets and bougainvillea-covered squares are filled with post-colonial buildings painted in a pretty pastel palette – particularly along Calle de los Suspiros (the ‘Street of Sighs’) and in the Barrio Histórico (presided over by the towering lighthouse, built atop the ancient ruins of the San Francisco Xavier convent). This history-steeped setting has given rise to eight museums, including the Museo de Azulejo – a quaint exhibition space which displays tiles and ceramics inside a 17th-century Portuguese house overlooking the River Plate. Take a picnic to the river’s sandy banks, or head to one of Colonia’s beaches for a sun-drenched day of dips in the Atlantic – Playa Real de San Carlos and Playa Fomento are local favourites.

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